PM Writing 4 Emerald 26 Art at School

　　Art at School

　　Levels 26 Emerald
　　Key learning Area The Arts
　　Theme The benefits of art for school children

　　Title More Art Classes!
　　Text Type Exposition
　　Pages 2–9
　　Text Form Presentation
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To persuade by arguing one side of an issue

　　Text Structure
　　Statement of Position: Explains the writer's point of view and previews the arguments (Page 2–3)
　　Series of Arguments:  Describes each argument and lists them in order of importance (Pages 4–8)
　　Concluding Statement: Relates the position more forcefully to persuade the reader (Page 9)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. presentation, imagination, clay)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. I, they, their)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. other, different, own, better)
　　‧Sensing verbs (e.g. believe, think, love, enjoy)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. also, often)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. at school)
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. First, Second, Third)

　　Title The Friendship Art Display
　　Text Type Response
　　Pages 10–16
　　Text Form Article in a school newsletter
　　Genre Non-fiction
　　Purpose To give an opinion about a written or visual work, object or event

　　Text Structure
　　Context: States the context of the work, object or event and previews the writer's opinion (optional) (Page 10)
　　Description: Describes features of the work, object or event (Pages 11–16)
　　Judgement: Gives a personal opinion based on the description (Pages 16)

　　Language Features
　　‧Nouns (e.g. Friendship Art Display, styles)
　　‧Pronouns (e.g. their, They, his, our)
　　‧Adjectives (e.g. interesting, wide, vivid)
　　‧Sensing verbs (e.g. believe, think, enjoy)
　　‧Adverbs (e.g. simply, also, just)
　　‧Adverbial phrases (e.g. with a wide range)
　　‧Time and sequence words (e.g. the week, Finally)